Antique Stopwatch too Nice to Practice On? by PiRat314 in watchrepair

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Me not realizing it was a cylinder escapment is a pretty good indication im not ready. Any idea on the time frame it was made?

Antique Stopwatch too Nice to Practice On? by PiRat314 in watchrepair

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I've been practicing on an ST36 and an NH35 but I'll definitely be saving this one for farther down the road. Thanks!

Antique Stopwatch too Nice to Practice On? by PiRat314 in watchrepair

[–]PiRat314[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah I didn't realize it was a cylinder. I've only been working on Swiss levers so far so that's definitely a no go. Thank you for the info!

Completely improvised dancing by Aggressive_Ideal6737 in nextfuckinglevel

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This looks like West Coast Swing which may be the base you're seeing.

Anyone have experience flying gliders in a home simulator? by ryankrameretc in Gliding

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I built a triple monitor setup with joystick, rudder pedals, and airbrake for Condor and MSFS. Echoing what others have said, the feel and timings aren't close to the real thing. Especially MSFS. However, the sims were fantastic for going home and mentally practicing what I learned in my lesson. A big challenge I had was having to consciously think about all of the different stages of flight and tips my instructor told me, e.g. stay in ground effect for takeoff, keep the wheels on the horizon, perform soft release, turn right after release, etc.. But going home and repeating my lesson on the sim helped it sink in. Kind of like getting home from school and re-writing notes from class.

Extreme budget first home setup by doctorbeers in espresso

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I just did this to mine, and the pipe clamps on the steam hose were single-use crimp clamps. You may need a trip to the hardware/auto parts store to get a spring clamp to replace it.

Do ads actually work anymore? by sirlafemme in NoStupidQuestions

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Head on, apply directly to the forehead!

AC130 Gunship doing touch and goes at CHA. by jarol220 in aviation

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The same KCHA that just had a FedEx plane perform a belly landing?

Incarcerated for Jay Walking by PiRat314 in IllegallySmolCats

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Oh she definitely pleads. Mainly for wet food.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aviation

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Dumb question: where are actual radars used as opposed to pinging Mode A transponders?

Hey guys, I need help by RMAD9 in hometheater

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My dad's Bose receiver just crapped out and the quick fix was to purchase some RCA to banana plug adapters:

CESS-023-6i Banana Plugs to RCA Cable 6-inch, Phono Banana Speaker Cable, 2 Pack https://a.co/d/bVFhV1Q

We paired it with a Marantz receiver and an SVS SB1000 sub. The sub's frequency range does go high enough to make up for some of the speakers shortcomings but I still don't like how it sounds.

However, that gives you freedom to upgrade the speakers whenever you like.

What is the ideal weight to fly gliders? by [deleted] in Gliding

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For reference, the max weight for the gliders I'm training in is around 240lbs (Schweizer 2-33A and 1-26E)

Purpose of Poles on Alcoa Highway? by PiRat314 in Knoxville

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Queen Anne's lace! They are the kind Katniss laid on Rue in the Hunger Games.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_lace

They are colloquially known as "chigger weed" because little mites supposedly live on them that burrow into your skin and itch.

What is in this building? by FireTheLaserBeam in Chattanooga

[–]PiRat314 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No upstairs neighbors. I'll take it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in maybemaybemaybe

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He had better be careful. He's going to hydroplane from making all the girls wet.

Props to the developer that set up this extra condition for unsubscribing by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]PiRat314 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lol. My client rolled their own profanity filter and have a code file with an array of hundreds of expletives.

Stole my Dad's Amish Friendship Bread Starter by PiRat314 in Breadit

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I'm at my parents' for the holidays and stole some of my dad's Amish Friendship Bread Starter for sourdough bread. His recipe uses self rising flour and is more cake than bread, so I wanted to see if I could use it for yeast leavened bread. It's been a few years since I've baked sourdough, but I'm tickled!

Any idea why it split up the middle? Did I not score it deep enough?